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Geometry Difficulty 5.5 AIME, harder Prove it Mongolia

Let MM and NN be points on the side BCBC of the triangle ABCABC. It is known that ∠BAM=∠CAN\angle BAM = \angle CAN and ALAL is bisector of the angle AA. Prove that BMMC+NBNC≥2⋅BLLC\frac{BM}{MC} + \frac{NB}{NC} \ge 2 \cdot \frac{BL}{LC}.

Solution

Let ∠BAM=∠CAN\angle BAM = \angle CAN and ∠MAN=x\angle MAN = x. By the property of bisector BLLC=ABAC\frac{BL}{LC} = \frac{AB}{AC}. If the area of △ABM\triangle ABM is SABMS_{ABM} and that of △ANC\triangle ANC is SANCS_{ANC} then SABM=12AB⋅AMsin⁡φS_{ABM} = \frac{1}{2}AB \cdot AM \sin \varphi, SANC=12AC⋅ANsin⁡φS_{ANC} = \frac{1}{2}AC \cdot AN \sin \varphi. From this
SABMSANC=AB⋅AMAC⋅AN=BMNC \frac{S_{ABM}}{S_{ANC}} = \frac{AB \cdot AM}{AC \cdot AN} = \frac{BM}{NC}
Also
SABNSAMC=12AB⋅ANsin⁡(φ+x)12AM⋅ACsin⁡(φ+x)=AB⋅ANAM⋅AC=BNMC \frac{S_{ABN}}{S_{AMC}} = \frac{\frac{1}{2}AB \cdot AN \sin(\varphi + x)}{\frac{1}{2}AM \cdot AC \sin(\varphi + x)} = \frac{AB \cdot AN}{AM \cdot AC} = \frac{BN}{MC}
It follows from the two equalities that BM⋅BNNC⋅MC=AB2AC2\frac{BM \cdot BN}{NC \cdot MC} = \frac{AB^2}{AC^2}. By AM-GM inequality,
BMMC+NBNC≥2BM⋅NBMC⋅NC=2AB2AC2=2⋅ABAC=2⋅BLLC \frac{BM}{MC} + \frac{NB}{NC} \geq 2\sqrt{\frac{BM \cdot NB}{MC \cdot NC}} = 2\sqrt{\frac{AB^2}{AC^2}} = 2 \cdot \frac{AB}{AC} = 2 \cdot \frac{BL}{LC}
Equality holds for M≡N≡LM \equiv N \equiv L.

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